Scholarly communication of international journal of social economics: A bibliometric study

Abstract

The study comprehends the scholarly articles published in IJSE from 2015 to 2020 using the required bibliometric tools and indicators to divulge publishing trends of this reputed journal for the stated period. The study reveals that the degree of collaboration (DC) in IJSE publications is 0.70 indicating a healthy collaborative trend of research. Authorship productivity pattern of IJSE partially complies with the Lotka's Law. Giri, A.K. of India, Man, S. of Switzerland, Ntayi, J.M. of Uganda, and Sehrawat, M. of India are found to be the most prolific authors who have contributed 6 articles each to IJSE published from 2015 to 2020. The University of Ghana of Ghana has contributed the highest number of 23 articles published in IJSE from 2015 to 2020 followed by Universiti Utara Malaysia of Malaysia (14 articles), University of Ibadan of Nigeria, Universiti Malaya of Malaysia, and Griffith University of Australia. India has contributed the highest number of 77 articles to IJSE publications from 2015 to 2020 followed by the United States and the United Kingdom. Moreover, the article entitled, "the impact of mobile phone penetration on African inequality" published in 2015 was found to be the most highly cited paper. Moreover, the study yields compelling findings of academic publishing in International Journal of Social Economics that has not yet been explored. It can help the readers of IJSE to comprehend the most striking contributions, coverage of the journal, highly cited journals, the most prolific authors, country productivity, keyword co-occurrence and assorted facets.